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Unlicensed Users can access any SharePoint Sites based on whatever permission they have. If you add the unlicensed user to site owner group, the unlicensed user can create a site.
How to share SharePoint folders externally
- Make sure you are using a modern document library.
- Right-click above the folder you want to share, and click Share.
- From the pop-up that appears, choose Specific People, then click Apply.
- Type the external user’s email and hit Send.
- OK, your part is done!
Re: Share a Sharepoint SITE to people without having them create a Microsoft account? Sites can’t be shared with external users unless they have a Microsoft account or a work or school account in Azure AD.
Can a unlicensed user access my SharePoint site?
Unlicensed internal users are not allowed to access the internal sites of the organization. If you have external users who want to access the contents within the internal sites, you can use external sharing. Manage external sharing for your SharePoint Online environment.
Do you need a license to use SharePoint?
For better practice on this product, internal users are required licenses to access SharePoint sites. Besides, you could use external sharing feature in SharePoint to allow users to share sites or files with external users.
The files you store on a SharePoint site are usually available to everyone with permissions to the site, but you may want to share specific files or folders with people who don’t otherwise have access to the site. When you share files and folders, you can decide whether to let people edit or just view them. You can see who a SharePoint file is
APPLIES TO: 2013 2016 2019 SharePoint in Microsoft 365 This article describes SharePoint administrative and services account permissions for the following areas: Microsoft SQL Server, the file system, file shares, and registry entries.